Deuteronomy 31:9-13
The Reading of the Law
9Then Moses awrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, bwho carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel. 10And Moses commanded them, c“At the end of every seven years, at the set time in the year of release, at dthe Feast of Booths, 11when all Israel comes eto appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose, fyou shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12 gAssemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law, 13and that their children, hwho have not known it, imay hear and learn to fear the Lord your God, jas long as you live in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.”2 Chronicles 34:18
18Then Shaphan the secretary told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it before the king.Nehemiah 8:1-7
Ezra Reads the Law
1And all the people gathered as one man into the square before kthe Water Gate. And they told lEzra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel. 2So Ezra the priest mbrought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, non the first day of the seventh month. 3 oAnd he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law. 4And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand, and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand. 5And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people, and as he opened it all the people stood. 6And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, p“Amen, Amen,” qlifting up their hands. rAnd they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground. 7 sAlso Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, ▼▼Vulgate; Hebrew and the Levites
uhelped the people to understand the Law, vwhile the people remained in their places. Nehemiah 8:14-15
14And they found it written in the Law that the Lord had commanded by Moses wthat the people of Israel should dwell in booths ▼▼Or temporary shelters
during the feast of the seventh month, 15and that they should proclaim it and ypublish it in all their towns and zin Jerusalem, “Go out to the hills and bring aabranches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written.” Nehemiah 8:18
18And day by day, from the first day to the last day, abhe read from the Book of the Law of God. They kept the feast seven days, and acon the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the rule.Nehemiah 13:1
Nehemiah’s Final Reforms
1On that day adthey read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And in it was found written aethat no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,Jeremiah 36:6
6so you are to go, and afon a day of fasting in the hearing of all the people in the Lord’s house you shall read the words of the Lord from the scroll that you have written at my dictation. You shall read them also in the hearing of all the men of Judah who come out of their cities.Jeremiah 36:15
15And they said to him, “Sit down and read it.” So Baruch read it to them.Jeremiah 36:21
21Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the secretary. And Jehudi read it to the king and all the officials who stood beside the king.
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